Car

Personal associations to explore

The car in a dream often symbolises the journey of life and one's control over it. The key question: are you in the driver's seat or are you a passenger? Are you driving or being driven?

Being at the wheel represents self-determination and actively shaping your own path. As a passenger you are relinquishing control — perhaps intentionally, perhaps not. A car without brakes or out of control points to the feeling of having lost control over an important life situation.

The road you are driving on is also significant: a clear highway represents purposefulness, an unfamiliar country road new territory and exploration.

For journaling, note the scene, your emotion, and what happened just before and after it. If this image recurs in your own dreams, you may choose it as a personal dream sign and then do a reality check; recurrence is your observation, not a fixed meaning.

Questions for your journal

• What emotion was strongest around Car?
• What in the scene felt familiar or unexpected?
• Has this image recurred in your own journal, and in what context?